and now a trip to the opposite end of the Monopoly board: Mayfair

Ivy covered building, Curzon Street:


Chesterfield Gardens:


The Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street:


An elephant in a shop window, South Audley Street:


Think Elephant

Elephant & Castle

Tower block off Elephant Road:


188 bus and tower block off New Kent Road:


New flats off Walworth Road:


Think Elephant (I do):

Kennedy Sausages

the former premises of Kennedy Sausages in Camberwell:



and Walworth Road:

scaffolding stag, Elephant & Castle

made by Ben Long - here's an article about it



and a wind turbine on top of a tower block

Chinese restaurant, Camden High Street, London

Due to a loophole in English law, magic mushrooms used to available to buy from shops all along Camden High Street. I think the loophole was closed before the giant dragon appeared on the front of this restaurant, which is probably for the best.

An Arundel Tomb, Chichester Cathedral

There was a photo of the Arundel Tomb in Chichester Cathedral in Saturday's Guardian Review.

Here's the wonderful Philip Larkin poem that immortalised it (or perhaps added to its immortality):

Here's audio of Philip Larkin reading the poem with a brief line of explanation at the start (YouTube is so good).

Here's a plaque about the poem:


And below is my own photo of the tomb but I recommend reading the poem first and imagining the tomb:










































Amen.

Newport

The Millennium Centre, Cardiff

tunnel under London Bridge station

The London Tube

Southbound Bakerloo line platform at Waterloo:

The Paris Subway

Lunch, Terminus Nord restaurant, Paris

Paris is renowned for its cuisine:


It's all in the presentation

Window display, Sonia Rykiel shop, Paris

Parisians are renowned for their style and taste:

latest shot of no. 1 Westminster Bridge Road in construction

Apartment hotel in construction at no. 1 Westminster Bridge

The first photos I posted on this blog were of the old building at no. 1 Westminster Bridge midway through demolition.

They're now building an apartment hotel on the same site:

the roof of the new Proud Gallery, Camden, London

Camden, London

British Transport Police building, Camden Road:


Mural on wall of Constitution Pub:


The Hawley Arms, undergoing repair from fire damage:

refurbished Marks & Spencer, Gotham City branch

the Palace of Westminster, London, at twilight

Looks kinda sinister doesn't it, like something out of Dracula

a house overlooking Sloane Square tube station, London

The O2 Arena, London

And a bit of sculpture in the River Thames:

Walthamstow, London

from the window of the train from Glasgow to London

The River Clyde:


The River Tyne:


Grantham, birthplace of Margaret Thatcher:


bright winter sun behind the clouds: